while I realize you're trying to help..but searching
suse's support portal without knowing the keywords to
find that article really doesnt help. :/
thx
--- jeffrey franc-law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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I had this same problem. For me, it had to do
with the DHCP, which wasactivated for the wired
network but not the wireless. I can't rememberexactly
what I did, but the explaination was really good on
the susesupport portal.
ciao,
jfl
Frank Edwards wrote:
On Sunday 22 January 2006 1:00 pm, Alex Bartonek
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
well I somewhat got the built-in wireless
recognizedbut didnt really mess with it enough to get
itworking. I bought a gigabyte technology usb
stick.Its setup through yast (SuSE 10), with the wep
key,channel, essid etc. With kwifimanager it shows I
amconnected, I get a IP address assigned..I can
pingother machines on my network but I cant connect to
theinternet. Is there something I missed? It has
workedbefore but never automatically on bootup.Alex
Basic networking:1. Do you have a link light -- check
by looking at the plug where the cable is connected or
where the wifi card is? (An LED on the NIC that shows
you're connected to a switch, hub, or another
computer.)2. Do you have an IP address -- check with
{/sbin/}ifconfig? (If you configured a static
address, then you should have one. Otherwise, there
might not be a DHCP server within broadcast range;
DHCP is a broadcast protocol and isn't automatically
forwarded through routers unless the router is told to
do so.)3. Do you have connectivity -- check with
{/bin/}ping? (With a static IP address, there's no
way to know what other addresses might be on the
network that you can check for. You can try running
{/usr/sbin/}tcpdump and scanning the output to see
what other IP addresses are out there. You'll need to
hit Ctrl-C to stop the command. With DHCP, your
machine has at least the IP address of the DHCP
server, so that's a good one to try. You can find
that information from /var/run/dhcpcd if you're using
the ISC DHCP client. I'm using ifplugd and I can't
find that information anywhere!? Problems here
include the general configuration of the IP stack, but
a common problem is a routing table entry that's
wrong. Key point: just because a packet can get from
machine A to machine B, doesn't mean it can get from
machine B to machine A! It depends on the routing
tables of both machines and all intermediate
points.)4. Does your DNS configuration resolve
hostnames correctly -- check with {/usr/bin/}host?
(Running the host command and providing a hostname
will tell if you your DNS is configured correctly. Do
not use ping (or similar) for this, because they will
check the local /etc/hosts file first (by default; see
/etc/nsswitch.conf) which means some names may resolve
from the /etc/hosts file while others won't.)5. Check
end-to-end connectivity -- can you connect to a web
server or ftp server? (Using telnet to check
connectivity to a particular web server takes the
browser out of the loop. Try running "telnet
web.server.name 80" to get to port 80 on the server.
You should see a "connected" message. Type some
garbage, such as "x", and hit Enter. You should get
an error message from the server. For computers
behind an proxy (active or passive), telnet may not
work because you may need to direct your connection to
the proxy server instead. If connecting to the proxy
works, go back to testing with the browser, since the
proxy protocols are complicated enough that I'm not
going to detail them here.)If all steps through step 5
are working, but your web browser or email still don't
work, run a network packet sniffer and monitor the
traffic. At this point, the problem is usually the
configuration of the client (browser, ftp, whatever),
but in a Windoze network it could also be connection
or authentication issues with a Windoze domain
controller (PDC or AD server). That's beyond the
scope of this message. :-)Good luck!
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